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Fermat+1 (Posted on 2010-12-22) Difficulty: 2 of 5
Fermat showed that no two fourth powers can ever sum to a perfect square.

Go one better by proving that there is no solution in the positive integers for the equation a^4+b^4+1 = c^2.

Or give a counter-example.

(Acknowledgement: suggested by a post of Daniel's on one of my earlier problems)

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Some ThoughtsPrettier?broll2012-12-26 02:52:01
re: A startbroll2010-12-27 12:18:22
A startxdog2010-12-27 10:38:26
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